Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia
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This could easily be an absolute drubbing for Wales if Australia kick on, or a win for Wales if we can make better decisions and hold on to the ball.
Grady having a scan today. Hopefully he'll be fit. If not Dyer to the wing.
Wales XV
Winnett; Grady / Dyer, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Murray; Anscombe, T WilliamsG Thomas, Lake (capt), Griffin, Tshiunza, Beard, Plumtree, J Morgan, Wainwright.
Replacements
Elias, N Smith, Assiratti, Botham, Reffell
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@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
This could easily be an absolute drubbing for Wales if Australia kick on, or a win for Wales if we can make better decisions and hold on to the ball.
Grady having a scan today. Hopefully he'll be fit. If not Dyer to the wing.
Wales XV
Winnett; Grady / Dyer, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Murray; Anscombe, T WilliamsG Thomas, Lake (capt), Griffin, Tshiunza, Beard, Plumtree, J Morgan, Wainwright.
Replacements
Elias, N Smith, Assiratti, Botham, Reffell
Bevan, James, Dyer/HathawayIt's going to be an interesting post match analysis today at the Vale.
I think yesterday's game highlighted how rusty Wainwright was, he's been Wales' best performer over the last year but his lack of match practice showed. Botham added a bit more go forward when he came off the bench as did Jac Morgan.
Freddie Thomas is someone who could come into the 23.
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@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
This could easily be an absolute drubbing for Wales if Australia kick on
Which we're still working on; consistency.
I'll take nothing for granted, with Uncle Joe's main job this week to keep a lid on the euphoria.
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Grady out for the foreseeable future with an ankle injury
Hopefully Dyer gets the nod
We need speed
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Wales XV to face Australia
15 Cameron Winnett (Cardiff Rugby – 8 caps)
14 Tom Rogers (Scarlets – 4 caps)
13 Max Llewellyn (Gloucester Rugby – 3 caps)
12 Ben Thomas (Cardiff Rugby – 5 caps)
11 Blair Murray (Scarlets – 1 cap)
10 Gareth Anscombe (Gloucester Rugby – 38 caps)
9 Ellis Bevan (Cardiff Rugby – 4 caps)1 Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 34 caps)
2. Dewi Lake (Ospreys – 16 caps) captain
3. Archie Griffin (Bath Rugby – 4 caps)
4. Will Rowlands (Racing 92 – 34 caps)
5. Adam Beard (Ospreys – 57 caps)
6. James Botham (Cardiff Rugby – 14 caps)
7. Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 16 caps)
8. Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 51 caps)Replacements
- Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 42 caps)
- Nicky Smith (Leicester Tigers – 47 caps)
- Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby – 8 caps)
- Christ Tshiunza (Exeter Chiefs – 13 caps)
- Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 21 caps)
- Rhodri Williams (Dragons – 3 caps)
- Sam Costelow (Scarlets – 16 caps)
- Eddie James (Scarlets – 1 cap)
Right now I'm going to lay in to Gatland.
Obviously hasn't learned a fucking thing from last Sunday.
Got caught with his pants down selecting a 6-2 bench against Fiji with a scrum half and outside half as the replacements. Costelow (outside half) ended up on the wing because we didn't have any wing cover.
Gone with a 5-3 bench this week with a scrum half, outside half and inside centre as the replacements.
Still no wing cover despite already having two outside halves in the starting XV - Anscombe and B Thomas - and Murray on the wing who has played outside half in NZ.
If one of our wingers goes down we're fucked again.
Costelow needs to be jettisoned and either Hathaway or Dyer should have been on the bench.
No idea why Tomos Williams is watching from the stands.
EDIT
Shoulder injury
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@Bovidae This is from an article on WalesOnline (I'll just give the Gatland-quote because the website is genuinely unreadable):
"I'm sure he'll be really disappointed. We see him as an outstanding player for the future."
"Probably for him [Plumtree], the message is we know he's going to be good. There were probably a few errors around his game last week that need to be tidied up. And Jim Botham gets that opportunity. He's trained exceptionally well and we think that's the right mix for this weekend."
So he's been dropped.
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@Machpants said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Wow that is crazy low cap total for a 23
That’s what happens when the cupboard is bare combined with the remnants of Gatland’s law
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Schmidt really mixing it up
Australia XV
Wright; Kellaway, Ikitau, Kerevi, Jorgensen; Lolesio, White
Bell, Faessler, Alaalatoa, Frost, Skelton, Uru, McReight, ValetiniReplacements:
Paenga-Amosa, Slipper, Nonggorr, Salakaia-Loto, Gleeson
McDermott, Donaldson, Suaaliihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c62j00r2032o
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@NTA said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Can you people not just use numerical order? Jesus wept...
You people? As in the ones who invented the game?
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@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@NTA said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Can you people not just use numerical order? Jesus wept...
You people? As in the ones who invented the game?
And adopted the Arabic numerical system but refuse to use it to this day.
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@NTA said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Ins: 5 Skelton, 6 Uru, 13 Kerevi, 9 White, 18 Nonngor
Outs: Tupou, Williams, Wilson, Gordon, Pietsch
Promoted: Jorgensen
Demoted: JASInteresting Joe. Don't fuck it up.
Ins: 5 Skelton, 6 Uru, 9 White, 13 Kerevi, 18 Nonngor
Fixed it for you
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@Bovidae said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Is Plumtree dropped or also injured?
Plumtree and winger Rio Dyer have according to Gats been left out "to give them a kick in the backside".
Shame we can't do the same thing with the coaching team.
Must admit I'm not liking the fact that Australia really fronted up physically against the English pack & now bring in bloody Will Skelton against Wales too !! That's not fair 😳😁
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@pooler-fan said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
@Bovidae said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Australia:
Is Plumtree dropped or also injured?
Plumtree and winger Rio Dyer have according to Gats been left out "to give them a kick in the backside".
Shame we can't do the same thing with the coaching team.
Must admit I'm not liking the fact that Australia really fronted up physically against the English pack & now bring in bloody Will Skelton against Wales too !! That's not fair 😳😁
That's baffling
We need both
